Team USA’s Can’t-Miss Paralympic Event For Monday, March 12

Mike Shea competes in the adaptive banked slalom final at the Dew Tour on Dec. 15, 2017 in Breckenridge, Colorado.

For the second day in a row, the U.S. Paralympic Nordic Skiing Team came away with a medal haul in PyeongChang.

Kendall Gretsch proved her gold medal in the sitting biathlon sprint on Saturday was no fluke, winning a second gold medal in the women’s sitting 12-kilometer cross-country race on Sunday. Teammate Oksana Masters took the bronze medal, adding to her silver in biathlon sprint and Dan Cnossen, who also won gold in biathlon sprint Saturday to give the U.S. the golden sweep, won the silver medal in the men’s sitting 15-kilometer.

Alpine skier Andrew Kurka also won his second medal in as many days, taking the silver in sitting super-G. The U.S. maintains its lead in the medal count with nine medals (four golds, three silvers, two bronzes).

There’s a full slate of men’s and women’s snowboardcross races set for Monday, and the podium-sweeping trio of Evan Strong, Mike Shea and Keith Gabel are all back for round two following the sport’s Paralympic debut in Sochi 2014. The three compete in the LL2 classification.

Brenna Huckaby (LL1), who won world titles in snowboardcross in 2017 and 2015, will be making her Paralympic debut, as will men’s world champion Mike Minor (UL). Amy Purdy (LL1) is also back for Team USA after winning bronze in snowboardcross in 2014. Also leading the U.S. contingent is flag bearer Mike Schultz, making his debut in the LL1 class after coming in fourth at worlds last season.